More lunacy from eco-nut James Cameron: "Coral reefs can be killed off in the next 20 years"; "we are the comet"

Building a smarter planet? Look at James Cameron’s Avatar | VentureBeat

During the 12 years it took to make Avatar, Cameron wondered deeply about the environmental impact of his film. Humans, Cameron said, have to evolve into “techno indigenous people, not of the state, not of the nation, but of the planet.”

He added, “That hasn’t been done before and I don’t know how to do it. Maybe it’s one of the tipping point things in a good way. You notice now that solar energy is slowly starting to accelerate. I have to think that people of good conscience will prevail. Education is important. We have to challenge our leaders to be leaders, getting the public to buy into it. Right now, they are in denial mode because of the economy. That is natural. People have to pay mortgages.”
...he also intends to bring to light problems such as the fact that the coral reefs can be killed off in the next 20 years, simply by a 2-degree increase in the temperature of the ocean on a global level.

People have to realize that everything is connected, he said. People in Minnesota might actually like it if the temperature of the planet rises five degrees. But they won’t like it if they have to send their children to fight wars that arise because the temperature rise elsewhere causes droughts, mass migrations, dislocations and conflict. Cameron said that humans have to acknowledge a debt to the natural and that we are on a precipice.

“If we don’t take control of our role and stewardship of the planet,” he said. “Then the world we bequeath to our children and grandchildren is not going to be a livable place.”
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Cameron said he was also concerned that 70 percent of all species could be wiped out by global warming and other environmental impacts of mankind by the end of the century. He said that is as bad as the loss of species that occurred when the comet wiped out the dinosaurs.

“This time, we are the comet,” he said.

Great Barrier Reef, North Queensland, Australia

The Great Barrier Reef is around 18 million years of age in the north and 2 million Years old in the south